Zyxomma @Zyxomma@wonkodon.com

Moose in the woods eating limbs. They must consume 50 pounds per day to sustain themselves through winter. We will lose many moose this winter due to the deep snow.
Photo by Michelle Hanson of MHPhotoco
#AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon

Well, it's Groundhog Day, again.*

“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”

* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science

I laugh out loud every time I see this.

Vladimir Putin is an anti-democratic, genocidal killer who is not only causing death and destruction in Ukraine, he’s destroying the future of Russia and Russians. Tell me again why extremist Republicans think this is a man to admire.

#NoPebbleMineEVER #Alaska
In the coming days, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release its final determination for Clean Water Act Section 404c restrictions in Bristol Bay, Alaska. If the previously released recommended determination is a guide, the final determination will provide long-sought protections against the proposed Pebble Mine, lifting a cloud of uncertainty under which the region has lived for nearly two decades.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/01/26/epas-work-underscores-why-proposed-pebble-mine-is-wrong-for-unique-bristol-bay/

@Zyxomma had her live-in best friend die yesterday and she's trying to raise funds for his cremation. Please send some bucks, if you can, to her at PayPal yeseyesee@earthlink.net. Make sure you mark as a gift so they don't take the money out of her cut.

Thank you so much!

Trump being reinstated on Facebook because (according to Meta) “the immediate danger of violence has passed” makes me think of Julius Caesar on the HBO show Rome explaining why a defeated Pompey can’t be left to roam the empire freely: “as long as he can be propped on a horse, he’s dangerous.”

Like maybe DeSantis is going to be The Guy to (re)introduce American fascism, but having Trump anywhere near a media megaphone is dangerous af

Long overdue but still welcome.

Well, it’s racist day in Australia.. again.. where racists are now crying that others don’t want to be racists with them and are doubling down on their racism. Also genocide in case anyone forgot.

Don’t change the date, abolish the whole fucking thing. We should be remember the atrocities that took place, not celebrating. No more Australia Day.

Genocide day would be a more appropriate name.

#AustraliaDay #Racist

"It’s that time of year when Indigenous people get a harsh reality check on how deep casual racism can go"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/25/its-that-time-of-year-when-indigenous-people-get-a-harsh-reality-check-on-how-deep-casual-racism-can-go

#ChangeTheDate #InvasionDay

Have you ever been forced to sign a non-compete agreement? They’re egregious.

These clauses keep workers trapped in their jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions.

In major news, the FTC proposed a sweeping ban on non-competes. That’s huge.

Apparently, today is #NationalMooseDay.

Enjoy a bull moose from from the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center #AWCC

#wildlife #WildlifePhotography #WildlifePhotographer #animal #moose #photo #photography #WildlifeWednesday

Year of the Rabbit, Canberra Centre.

Was not expecting this Papilio aegeus, orchard swallowtail butterfly, to emerge yesterday. Best thing in a day of many #hardthings
#invertebrate #butterfly

#MacroMonday
Macro shot of a single #Hyacinth blossom
#Photography #Spring Bulb #Flower #Macro